Horror is king once again with Scream (spoiler-free review) slaying Spider-Man: No Way Home and taking the top spot at this holiday weekend’s box office!
Paramount Pictures and Spyglass Media Group are celebrating a monster hit with the franchise revival this time directed by Radio Silence, taking the reigns from horror master Wes Craven.
Early numbers are in and Scream is a smash-hit with the fifth entry earning an estimated $30.5M over the weekend and $35M+ over the 4-day holiday here in the States.
These numbers are massive in comparison to Scream 4, which opened back in 2011 to only $18.6M and ended its domestic run with only $38M. It never crossed the $100M mark worldwide and shut the door on sequels for over a decade. The new Scream will surpass its predecessor this coming week and could top $100M here in the States alone.
Scream also added another $18M internationally for a worldwide estimate of $53M+.
Not accounting for inflation, it’s in the realm of possibility that the 2022 Scream could match or even surpass that of Wes Craven’s 1996 horror masterpiece. How ’bout that?!
It’s certain that Ghostface is back in a big way and all but guaranteed that a sixth Scream will be in the works before year’s end. You heard it here first.
As for the fifth Scream … “You’re gonna love this one. It’s a scream, baby!” Below, you can slice and dice through the blockbuster hit with our own Halloweenies, who just dropped a two-episode deep dive into the sequel.
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